D. Calvert-Lewin’s 90' winner gives Leeds 1-0 victory over Brighton

Premier League · Sun, 17 May 2026 · 14:00UTC

Leeds

Score 1 - 0

FTHT 0-0

Brighton

Elland Road · Referee: M. Oliver

Leeds vs Brighton head-to-head record

Match report

D. Calvert-Lewin’s 90' winner gives Leeds 1-0 victory over Brighton

Brighton were beaten 1-0 by Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday, 17 May 2026 in Premier League matchday 37. D. Calvert-Lewin scored the only goal of the game for Leeds in the 90th minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Leeds had 34% of the ball and 7 shots (1 on target) against Brighton’s 19 (8 on target). Karl Darlow (Leeds) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves Leeds 5th in the Premier League table on 9 points and Brighton 3rd on 10.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Leeds

5th · 9 points · P 5 W 2 D 3 L 0

Form

Brighton

3rd · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
2	Arsenal	5	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	+6	9
5	Leeds	5	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	+3	9

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Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 5 Sept 2026, Brighton 1-1 Leeds

Full Leeds vs Brighton head-to-head

Match events

60'substitutionB. AaronsonOff: L. Nmecha
60'substitutionA. TanakaOff: S. Longstaff
60'substitutionD. JamesOff: W. Gnonto
65'substitutionJ. VeltmanOff: D. Gomez
65'substitutionD. WelbeckOff: G. Rutter
74'substitutionA. StachOff: J. Piroe
82'substitutionC. BalebaOff: Y. Ayari
82'substitutionJ. HinshelwoodOff: C. Kostoulas
90'goalD. Calvert-LewinNormal Goal
90+1'substitutionS. BornauwOff: S. Byram
90+3'substitutionY. MintehOff: S. March
90+7'yellow cardDominic Calvert-LewinYellow Card

Lineups

Leeds

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Daniel Farke

Starting XI

Substitutes

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Fabian Hurzeler

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

34%Possession66%
0.39Expected goals (xG)3.06
7Total shots19
1Shots on target8
3Shots off target6
3Blocked shots5
3Shots inside the box15
4Shots outside the box4
7Corners8
3Offsides2
9Fouls7
1Yellow cards0
–Red cards–
7Goalkeeper saves1
280Passes556
188Accurate passes471
67%Pass accuracy85%
-0.17Goals prevented-0.17

Player statistics

Leeds

Leeds player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
26Karl DarlowGTop rated	90	8.0			36 · 44%			1/1
6Joe RodonD	90	7.3			18 · 67%	1		3/7
15Jaka BijolD	90	7.3			24 · 67%			0/3
23Sebastiaan BornauwD	89	7.0			23 · 87%		1	3/9
4Ethan AmpaduM	90	7.7			40 · 85%		1	3/8
7Daniel JamesM	60	6.9			12 · 33%		1	6/10
18Anton StachM	74	7.2		1 (0)	21 · 57%	1	3	6/10
22Ao TanakaM	60	6.9			20 · 85%			2/2
24James JustinM	90	6.9			19 · 58%		2	7/11
9Dominic Calvert-LewinF	90	7.9	1	1 (1)	18 · 56%			7/12
11Brenden AaronsonF	60	6.7			12 · 92%	1		2/5
1Lucas PerriG	–	–
25Sam ByramD	10	6.6			5 · 40%		1	1/1
65Jayden LienouD	–	–
8Sean LongstaffM	30	6.6			16 · 69%		1	2/5
47Rhys Chadwick-ChaplinM	–	–
51Alfie CresswellM	–	–
10Joël PiroeF	16	6.5		1 (0)	1 · 100%			0/1
14Lukas NmechaF	30	6.6			7 · 100%	2		1/2
29Wilfried GnontoF	30	6.7		1 (0)	8 · 50%		2	2/3

Brighton

Brighton player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Bart VerbruggenG	90	6.2		33 · 61%			1/2
5Lewis DunkD	90	6.6	1 (0)	92 · 90%	1		4/6
6Jan Paul van HeckeD	90	5.6	1 (0)	98 · 87%	1		7/13
29Maxim De CuyperD	90	7.2		60 · 83%	2		3/10
34Joël VeltmanD	65	6.9		37 · 89%		2	3/8
11Yankuba MintehM	89	6.9		20 · 70%	1		3/8
13Jack HinshelwoodM	82	6.5	3 (1)	27 · 85%	2	1	1/1
17Carlos BalebaM	82	7.0	1 (1)	37 · 84%	1		8/16
24Ferdi KadıoğluM	90	7.2	1 (1)	28 · 93%	3		2/4
30Pascal GroßM	90	7.7	2 (2)	68 · 90%	4	1	1/3
18Danny WelbeckF	65	6.7	1 (1)	17 · 88%		1	4/6
23Jason SteeleG	–	–
21Olivier BoscagliD	–	–
7Solly MarchM	8	6.5		1 · 100%			0/1
20James MilnerM	–	–
25Diego GómezM	25	6.0	1 (0)	17 · 88%			0/2
26Yasin AyariM	8	6.3		6 · 83%
33Matt O'RileyM	–	–
10Georginio RutterF	25	6.5	2 (1)	6 · 33%	1	1	3/6
19Charalampos KostoulasF	8	7.0	1 (1)	9 · 78%	1		4/4